This blog book tells the story of CCAFS research theme ‘Linking Knowledge with Action’; its approach and lessons learned throughout the years, especially 2014, while illustrating its many achievements through blogs and photos.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Jost, Christine
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Ferdous, N.
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Schubert, Cecilia
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[Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights]
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Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights
In CCAFS we are building our research for development agenda using outcomes thinking targeted towards five CGIAR intermediate development outcomes (IDOs). Each of our Flagship
research programs and regions are developing theories of change (TOCs), impact pathways (IPs), and monitoring and evaluat...
Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Jost, Christine
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[Lessons in theory of change: CCAFS Southeast Asia Research for Development Workshop]
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Lessons in theory of change: CCAFS Southeast Asia Research for Development Workshop
Sustainability expert Dr Alison Shaw and agricultural development researcher Dr Patti Kristjanson share the details of their work towards implementing a research and development concept that, in our highly connected world, could change the way agricultural studies are conducted: social learning.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Harvey, Blane
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Epp, Marissa van
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Social learning and sustainable development]
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Social learning and sustainable development
In 2010 the research theme on Knowledge to Action (K2A) at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) developed a plan of work, using a log frame structure. Our objective was to explore and jointly apply approaches and methods that enhance K2A linkages with a ...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Álvarez, S.
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Ferdous, N.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Jost, Christine
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[Lessons in theory of change: monitoring, learning and evaluating Knowledge to Action]
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Lessons in theory of change: monitoring, learning and evaluating Knowledge to Action
Lessons learned from working with gender and social inclusion within the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Jost, Christine
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Ferdous, N.
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[Lessons in Theory of Change: Gender and Inclusion]
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Lessons in Theory of Change: Gender and Inclusion
Context: Increased adoption of technologies and improved research in West Africa emphasising gender inclusion for adopting appropriate rice varieties for Upland, Lowland and irrigated ecologies. In this research, farmers experiment with varieties and give feedback about how to continue to focus o...
Context: The Learning Alliance looks for leverage points for social learning in value chain systems and analysis linking rural farmers with markets. It uses an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems that develop collaborative teams and learning platforms with development NGOs a...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Learning alliances: an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems]
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Learning alliances: an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems
There is convergence between current theory and practice in global environmental change research and development communities on the importance of approaches that aim to ‘engage and embed’, i.e. engage diverse and relevant actors in knowledge creation and embed scientific information into societal...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Catalysing learning for development and climate change: an exploration of social learning and social differentiation in CGIAR]
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Catalysing learning for development and climate change: an exploration of social learning and social differentiation in CGIAR